Example sentences of "[adv] be [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think to impose any other penalty upon him would merely be to exacerbate the situation . |
| 2 | the purpose will not only be to form an impression of methods and levels of language teaching but also to observe how teachers and pupils talk to each other in the UK . |
| 3 | Our limited ambition can , therefore , only be to sustain a reasonable quality of life for ourselves and for those animals that serve us . |
| 4 | In the case of ( a ) it is likely that the retailer would replace the machine , but his obligation would only be to offer a discount on the price in view of the damaged surface . |
| 5 | First , there is the recognition that to trade in categories and interpretations must necessarily be to trade a way not just of perceiving but also of constructing situations . |
| 6 | An alternative way of looking at it would perhaps be to say the Greater York Area is that area within ten miles of the city centre as is indicated by the third of the criteria set out in policy H two . |
| 7 | Slightly better is to use the test followed by study of the words spelled incorrectly ; but this causes only a marginal improvement . |
| 8 | The first thing the production company and the agency have to do together is to plan the production and produce an estimate of the production costs . |
| 9 | A better solution perhaps is to leave the pad out of the filter altogether only using it when necessary . |
| 10 | Just as interesting perhaps is to visualise the landscape that would have been created if enclosure had been delayed until after the introduction of barbed wire in the 1870s . |
| 11 | What would be helpful perhaps is to have a close relationship with a mother-type figure who is not your mother . |
| 12 | What it does do very obviously is to construct a narrative , and a very readable one . |
| 13 | They 're ha quite happy to do it once a month but like you said what they will not do erm obviously is to have a lot of sort of things like standing orders and that sort of thing . |
| 14 | Mm well if he finds out where you are , or even if he visits relatives and starts making threats saying he 's gon na get you or he 's er assault you , or he 's gon na hurt the child , anything like that , then er the first thing obviously is to contact the police to warn him off and secondly contact me , cos we 'll then be able to apply for an injunction to stop him coming anywhere near you . |
| 15 | If cost alone is to determine the level of service that is provided , we shall no doubt see Ministers trading in their Jaguars for Ladas — |
| 16 | To do so is to help the opponent to win without his having to hit you with a single scoring technique . |
| 17 | You were talking earlier about er applying the lessons learned here from the tornado programme to Eurofighter , surely the best way of doing so is to involve the same people , they 're in the same building . |
| 18 | It was rivalry that tamed a continent , harnessing the resources of harsh environments and creating an economy that before long was to give the United States the industrial leadership of the world . |
| 19 | For since , just as in any conventionally organised manufacturing enterprise , capital employed labour , its first priority naturally and necessarily was to secure a sufficient return for the investors on their investment . |
| 20 | Hale 's choice to retain the medieval approach to consent in the case of married women only was to shape the course of the law up to the present day . |
| 21 | His purpose in doing so was to create the illusion that major political decisions were not taken by one man , but in a collegiate way , by the representatives of the people . |
| 22 | To open the door and step inside was to leave the atmosphere of a hospital . |
| 23 | oh , he said , that 'd be very interesting and he 'd just been to see the and I said how is she ? |
| 24 | The overall effect of PR would thus be to put an end to the worst features of adversary politics and its unfortunate consequences . |
| 25 | The end-result might just be to get a better understanding with his colleagues , or some improvement in team morale . |
| 26 | Remember what we do with the network normally is to present an input get an output see if it 's correct . |
| 27 | The view might be held that s3 has no application to such a clause , because s3 only applies to clauses under which the proferens purports to be entitled to a performance diffferent from that reasonably expected , whereas the effect of the clause quoted above is to define the performance which may reasonably be expected of the seller , so that the buyer can not reasonably expect any particular delivery date . |
| 28 | The manager 's problem tonight is to find a replacement for the injured Brian O'Neil , while looking for a wholehearted performance against a side whose manager , Simon Stainrod , is as relaxed as Brady is uncomfortable . |
| 29 | What is possible already is to detect the chromosomal sex of a fetus either by amniocentesis or , at an earlier stage of development , by sampling of chorionic villi ; and if the fetus is of the unwanted sex , it could be aborted . |
| 30 | One further adopted measure thus was to offset the carriageway or create a chicane by using planting on one side only and switching the right-angle parking from one side to the other ( Figure 6.50 ) . |